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Posted on May 18, 2007 in Rock Creek Park BioBlitz 2007 | 0 Comments
Gary Hevel, entomologist and public information officer with the Smithsonian Institution, speaks with schoolchildren about his mounted insect collection. He's collected more than 4,000 species in his own backyard in Silver Spring, Maryland, including a new species of moth and a few wasp species that may be new to science.
Photograph by Mark Christmas/NGS
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Species count: 27
POSTED BY NANCY GUPTON/BIOBLITZ TEAM AT 4:10 PM
To celebrate biodiversity and America’s parks, National Geographic is sponsoring and helping to host one BioBlitz each year through 2016, the centennial of the U.S. National Park Service. Join us in person if you can, or experience the events online and share your thoughts on our living chronicle, the BioBlitz blog.
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